Shamanism – A shaman is someone who is regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of benevolent and malevolent spirits, who typically enters into a trance state during a ritual, and practices divination and healing. Shamanism encompasses the premise that shamans are intermediaries or messengers between the human world and the spirit worlds. Shamans are said to treat ailments/illness by mending the soul. The shaman also enters supernatural realms or dimensions to obtain solutions to problems afflicting the community. Shamans may visit other worlds/dimensions to bring guidance to misguided souls and to ameliorate illnesses of the human soul caused by foreign elements. The shaman operates primarily within the spiritual world, which in turn affects the human world. Keywords: shamanism, witch doctor, sangoma, voodoo.
Introduction: Tell Me Your Story. “Narrative Therapy” – Besides the various mystical practices churches, in general, have latched onto in the past few decades, several psychological techniques and procedures have taken the church by storm, claiming that it can help...
Introduction Stephan Joubert is not the only person who loves to disparage the truth, and, as I have already pointed out in one of my previous FB posts and DTW articles, he cannot seem to shake off the idea that...
Does Riekert Botha Preach the Gospel? I have never heard Riekert Botha present the Gospel with biblical clarity. His use of the phrases, “on God’s side” and “bow the knee before or to God” to convey redemption and the gift...
Prophet T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) claims he has seen Jesus Christ, not once, but yearly. The Nigeria televangelist delivered this spine-chilling revelation in a rare clip that has been shared on his Emmanuel TV’s...
To Lent or Not to Lent, That is the Question. Introduction The heading of this article “To Lent or not to Lent, that is the question” is, as our readers can see, a skit on one of the most famous...
Mosaïek Kerk: The Scallop of Pagan Spirituality (Divine Feminine Protection) The pagan church ‘Mosïek Kerk’ in Fairland, Randburg, as far as can be traced, is the only building in the whole of South Africa made in the form of an...
Why do most people follow false prophets and teachers? They follow false prophets and teachers because: They are extremely gullible. They continually want to satisfy their own self-centered desires. (Health, wealth and prosperity). They have itching ears (They continually want more). They...
Emergent Mysticism: A Biblical Appraisal of the Mosaic Congress held at the Mosaic Church (4 – 5 Sept. 2009) – Part 1 The usual suspects spoke at the Mosaic Congress namely; Ron Martoia (USA), Stephan Joubert, Johan Geyser, Trevor Hudson,...
I know this article is a tad late, but I beg you if you went to see Todd Bentley on his South African Crusade Tour with “Prophet Zion Matthew” in Durban, followed by visits to the Solid Rock Church...
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